30 August 2017

Electoral Commission of Zambia Chief Electoral Officer Priscilla Isaac has resigned with immediate effect. According to a statement issued by ECZ public relations officer Raphael Phiri, Isaac stopped work today and chose not to renew her contract which comes to an end tomorrow. “Notice is hereby given to the general public that the contract of...

The Constitutional Court has thrown out a matter in which the Zambia National Students Union sued Nkandu Luo over her intentions to abolish students unions saying it has no jurisdiction to hear the matter. On August 17, 2017 ZANASU secretary general Wickson Mwenya petitioned the Constitutional Court over Prof Luo’s threats to ban student unionism....

POLICE in Ndola have arrested a charcoal trader for criminal negligence over the gutting of Kapalala market. Copperbelt Police Commissioner Charity Katanga told News Diggers! that the suspect’s name would be withheld due to heightened tension among affected shop owners. Katanga explained that the fire started after a brazier was left unattended to by the...

THE Ndola City Council says the fire at Kapalala Market could have been a result of negligence on the part of some traders who spend nights there. Ndola mayor Amon Chisenga ruled out arson but said it was up to police to investigate. "For now, we rule out any possibility of arson. However, we leave...

The Copperbelt Energy Corporation will today resume normal power supply to Mopani Copper Mines following President Edgar Lungu’s intervention. This is according to a statement issued by Special Assistant to the President for Press and Public Relations Amos Chanda. “Mopani Copper Mines (MCM) and the Copperbelt Energy Corporation (CEC) have reached an agreement that will...

Minister of Home Affairs Stephen Kampyongo says police must not remain calm thinking that everything is well. Commenting on the fire that gutted Kapalala market in Ndola, Kampyongo said it was regrettable and asked police to “reactivate” themselves. “It is indeed sad and regrettable that when we have enjoyed relative calmness and peace, we have...

Mapenzi Chibulo’s father has asked the Lusaka High Court to enter a default judgment in his favor in a case in which he is seeking damages for his daughter’s death. Mapenzi, a UPND supporter, was allegedly shot dead by the police after the cancellation of the UPND rally on July 8, 2016 which was scheduled...

The Zambia National Association of Sawmillers wants government’s decision to ban the exportation of timber to be stayed by the High Court. In June 2017, Minister of Lands Jean Kapata extended the ban on timber exports to all types of timber in the country following the ban of harvesting and exporting Mukula logs. But the...

Zambia are almost at full strength with just one player yet to join camp on Tuesday. Russian-based striker Fashion Sakala of Spartak Moscow was expected to join camp by Tuesday evening after taking care of a league obligation late on Sunday. But the rest of Fashion's fellow Zambia Under-20 call ups have joined camp in...

Opposition UPND president Hakainde Hichilema says he will have no credibility to claim that he is different from those who brutalised him into incarceration, if he does not forgive them. Speaking yesterday during the thanksgiving prayers for his release from prison at the Cathedral of the Holy Cross in Lusaka, Hichilema also emphasised the need...

Fire has swept through Kapalala market in Masala township in Ndola destroying merchandise in over 3,000 shops. The market has been reduced to ashes from an inferno that started between 01:00 and 02:00hours. A combined team of fire fighters and the residents managed to put out the fire, but it was too late to salvage...